As an adjective lustic
is (obsolete) lusty; vigorous.
As a noun fustic is
a tropical american tree, , whose wood produces a yellow dye.
fustic
English
Alternative forms
* fustick (obsolete)
Noun
(en-noun)
A tropical American tree, , whose wood produces a yellow dye.
A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, , whose wood produces an orange dye.
The wood of these trees.
A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
Synonyms
* (American tree) (old fustic), (fustoc)
* (European tree) (young fustic), fustet, (Venice sumac), (Eurasian smoke tree)
Quotations
* 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
*: ...nor can I tell to this day what wood to call the tree we cut down, except that it was very like the tree we call fustic , or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell.
See also
* (Old Fustic)
* (Maclura)
* (Eurasian smoketree)
* (Cotinus coggygria)
* (Maclura tinctoria)
